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From: mcb@tis.llnl.gov (Michael C. Berch)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups
Subject: Re: the return of comp.dcom.telecom ??
Message-ID: <22336@tis.llnl.gov>
Date: 25 Jul 88 22:58:04 GMT
References: <440@vector.UUCP>
Reply-To: mcb@tis.llnl.gov (Michael C. Berch)
Organization: Information Science Consultants, Inc., Pleasanton CA
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In article <440@vector.UUCP> chip@vector.UUCP (Chip Rosenthal) writes:
> On Monday, August 1, comp.dcom.telecom will return unless there are
> flames of outrage against my plan.
> 
> Starting on this date, I will begin to forward digests from the TELECOM
> mailing list into comp.dcom.telecom.  Actual submissions should continue
> to go to the mailing list coordinator at address "telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu".
> I will assume that messages received by telecom@vector.UUCP should go to
> the mailing list coordinator, unless they specify USENET distribution
> only.  (USENET adminitrivia may be sent to telecom-request@vector.UUCP.)
> 
> Unfortunately, I have not been able to reach the TELECOM coordinator about
> this.  I will try once again.  I hope s/he will be pleased about regaining
> the USENET telcom readers without having to hassle with gatewaying.

Arrrgh!  Please don't gateway TELECOM in digested form.  Digests are
not amenable to newsreading software (yes, you can deal with them with
readnews or rn, but it ain't fun).  If TELECOM is to be gatewayed, it
should be done as *individual messages*, meaning it needs to be done
at or near the source of the ARPA-side mailing list, i.e., on an
Internet/Usenet gateway site that can handle the individual messages.
You need to coordinate this closely with the TELECOM list coordinator.

I think everyone appreciates your volunteering to provide the service,
but it is worth taking the time to make sure it gets done effectively
and efficiently.

Michael C. Berch 
News/mail admin, TIS.LLNL.GOV systems
mcb@tis.llnl.gov / uunet!tis.llnl.gov!mcb / ames!lll-tis!mcb